I think rehairing her could be a fun project! I’ve always been bothered that Rainbow Dash doesn’t actually have rainbow hair lol so you could make it right! Getting stuff out of the hair is tricky, I don’t blame you for just chopping it off. You have it a fair try!

I finally hit my goal weight! It has taken a LONG time to shed the last few pounds, but I’ve been weighing in at or under my goal weight for about two weeks straight now, so I feel confident it’s off for good!

It’s taken me over 3 years, but I’ve now lost about 50 pounds from my heaviest weight. Even though it was a really slow process I feel like I’ve learned so much along the way and have shifted to an overall healthier lifestyle. I still indulge in junk sometimes, don’t get me wrong! But I think that’s why I was able to stick to my “diet “. I didn’t restrict anything, I just was more mindful of how much I was eating. I think it’s important to still enjoy the foods you love sometimes, even if they aren’t healthy.

You all are doing amazing! No matter how long you’ve been at it, don’t be discouraged! I’ve had a lot of ups and downs along the way, but if you stick to it and get back on the horse when you fall off, you’ll get to where you want to be eventually! It’s not a race, so be kind to yourself and don’t worry if it’s taking you longer than you’d hoped!

A couple weeks ago I applied for a supervisor position in a department I have zero experience in on a whim. I have some supervisory experience, but figured there was zero shot of actually being considered.

A day after the job posting closed I got an interview! I’m trying not to get my hopes up too much since I do think it’s a long shot they will choose me, but they fact that they are even considering me is so exciting! If I do manage to land the position it would be a huge pay increase for me.

The interview is on Thursday. I am cautiously optimistic about it even though the odds seem slim. I know I’ve been rejected without even an interview for positions before, so they must have seen something in my resume that interested them!

I have to agree it seems like a lack of interest from consumers is probably driving retailers to be hesitant on ordering G5 products. To be honest even distribution here in the US has been pretty abysmal. There have been a few recent sets I would have liked to buy, but I’ve just never seen them! The ponies that do make it to stores don’t sell and will sit on the shelf for a really long time as others have said.

I really liked G5 as well and I’m sad they didn’t get more of a chance! I think if I had to pinpoint the biggest flaw with the line it was that there was not enough of a break between it and G4, and also the fact they tried to still hang onto G4 with lore and such. It never made it feel like a fresh new start for MLP and it by not fully committing to it being a new gen, it isolated pony fans who were ready for something new and G4 fans who weren’t ready for G4 to end. This weird halfway thing just wasn’t the right move. I hope that if there ever is a G6, Hasbro gives the line some time to be missed before trying to reboot anything.

I feel like summer came on super aggressive here this year. I mean it’s the desert, so it’s always over 100 in the summer, but I feel like we shot right into the 110s this year and have not had many days in “just” the 100s. It might hit 116 later this week! It’s not unusual to get that hot, but I feel like those types of temps don’t normally hit til at least July or so.

Last year we broke a record for the most days over 100 degrees in a year…..I wonder if this year we will hit a record for the most days over 110.

So sorry for the loss of your dog Ponyfan, it is never easy to say goodbye.

So you all remember the mirror drama I was having last month where I overpaid dramatically in the live auction and then got hit with a hefty shipping charge on top of everything else? Well the saga continues. Spoiler, it is a happy ending and I wanted to wait to post until everything was settled, but boy has this been a journey.

So the box arrived at my house about two weeks ago. It was massive….way bigger than I expected tbh. I was having some friends over later that evening so I left it out on my patio so the box wouldn’t be blocking their way. My friends came over and we were having a great time. As the night was winding down I offhandedly mentioned the mirror and told them the whole story. They really wanted to see it and offered to help me bring it in and unpackage it. I didn’t mind since I knew I’d probably need help with it anyway. We were having a conversation about how we never turn on the big lights in our homes and I said this was a big light occasion and we went to work unpackaging it, we were having a good time even though we were struggling to get it out of the box. As I was tugging on it I heard a horrible crack and was pretty sure I had just broken something……I told everyone to stop and sure enough part of the frame had snapped right off.

I was devastated of course, but the thing that really kind of bugged me was my friends immediately tried to say we didn’t break it and it must have came like that. Like no….I felt it break. I wasn’t ever going to blame them since I know they were just helping. I’m the one who felt it after all, so I’m sure it was me who put too much pressure on it, but the total lack of any sort of apology made the whole ordeal even more frustrating. Luckily, it was a clean break and I managed to patch it up with some Apoxie and get it back together.

In the week or so since I got the mirror and had it laying on the ground, I’ve had a horrible string of bad luck that has extended to my family too. I applied for a new job that I honestly felt I was well qualified for and got rejected without even an interview. A panel of my car absolutely exploded in the car wash and now a huge chunk of the back is exposed (the car wash offered no apology for this either btw!). My mom found out her department is being partially outsourced and she will have to either work undesirable hours or find a new position. Two of my parents cars have had serious mechanical issues, and one of them straight up is dead. I know it most likely is all a coincidence, but man, I was really starting to feel like I’d bought a nearly $500 curse. Me and my dad tried to hang it ourselves finally on Sunday, but even with the heaviest rated picture hangers it still didn’t feel secure.

I decided I needed to have a pro hang it. I figured I was already financially in pretty deep, so I may as well have someone do this right rather than risk anymore damage to the mirror. The first quote I got was from a company that hung another heavy picture for me once years ago, but their quote was over $250! I don’t remember paying them that much in the past and honestly this job was WAY easier than the last one, so I felt like that was not fair. Luckily I found a guy on thumbtack who only charged me $90 and he did a great job! The good news is he also does light and ceiling fan installations which are jobs I will need done soon, so now I at least have a contact for those jobs.

I think the curse is over. The Paradise Pier Mirror is officially in its new home with a prominent spot right on the main living area! Now that all the chaos has worn down, I think it was worth it. It looks so good and really opens up the room I think!
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Thank you all for validating me in that is absolutely crazy for shipping! The quotes only got higher as more people got back to me so I was starting to think maybe I was unreasonable in my expectations! Good news is the shipping team emailed me back today and stated they would honor the original price they quoted me of the $250 or so. Even though I still think that is a lot, I feel like that’s a respectable compromise given the situation, and obviously I’m not going to be able to haggle for anything lower. I’m taking this as an expensive lesson learned - make sure to research a businesses’s shipping practices before buying! Beth3346, this all happened on Heritage Auctions. They’ve been around forever, but I am surprised they haven’t gotten more pushback on that shipping charge being subject to change. Even if you have a lot of money to burn I feel like bidders would want to know up front what to budget for the shipping.

Shockponie, I hope you can find a new job soon! I can’t believe your boss would make fun of a medical condition, that is so wildly unprofessional that I’m shocked this person even managed to get into management!

BlackCurtains, I hope they don’t raise the rent on you. I feel like unless your income were to change a lot since the last review it’s not fair to look at random PayPal payments here and there and say that qualifies as like, a steady income.

My dad’s friend that was hallucinating did finally go to the hospital last week. The determined it was because of alcohol withdrawals and they gave him some medicine to help manage the withdrawal symptoms. I hope he really is able to quit.

I’ve fallen into a nightmare of a financial situation that I feel completely hopeless on. There was an auction for some park used Disney memorabilia and I decided to bid on a few items. One of the items I bid on was a mirror that was used in one of the resorts my family always stayed at as kids. I really only wanted to bid a max of about $150, but because of the live bidding system, I accidentally bid way over that budget and won it at $240 instead. I swear there was a delay in showing what price the item had gotten up to, but IDK. After the initial sticker shock wore off I decided it was still a cool piece to own with sentimental value and figured I could make up for the extra money spent elsewhere.

Then I got the invoice. There was an additional $250 charge for shipping and handling. I mean, I knew it would be expensive to ship, but I never dreamed it would be the cost of the item itself! I emailed the sales department and asked if I could just pick the item up in person, as I had thought the auction house was in CA which isn’t an unmanageable drive. Nope. Not only was the item in TX instead of CA, but the $250 shipping charge was just an estimate and they figured shipping would actually be more than that. I was provided some third party shipping companies in the area I could get quotes through, but even the “cheapest” one is nearly $600 for shipping! I emailed the lady back and asked if I could please have their actual shipping cost so I could compare the quotes, but at this point I think I am completely screwed. I can’t afford to pay that much for a stupid mirror.

I know this is partially my fault for not being more careful when bidding and not researching shipping costs, but OMG who would have thought it would be that much!? I knew it was a bulkier item, but these prices are like what I’d expect for a dresser, not a decorative little mirror. I’m also really miffed that the invoice I was provided didn’t even have the right shipping cost. Was I just meant to pay that huge amount and get a surprise bill for another huge amount later?!

I’d really like to just withdraw my bid and be blacklisted, but I’m not sure THAT is even possible. The invoice said they would start charging me interest if I didn’t pay in a couple weeks and there is nothing I can find on their website about what happens if you refuse to pay/accept the item. I’m not sure what other recourse I’ll have if I can’t find a reasonable shipping cost. I don’t feel like I can dispute the charge since I did place the bid. I’m not sure if I have strong enough case with the shipping charge being unexpected since their website DOES say it’s an “estimated cost only”.

and……after typing this all out once, the whole page crash and never submitted my post. It’s not my day…..